Requirement for Construction Consultants Sunderland

Construction consultants – M&E consulting engineers and project managers. UK-Sunderland: architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

2012/S 51-083473

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

University of Sunderland
Planning and Finance, 2nd Floor Edinburgh Building, Chester Road
For the attention of: Maureen Casey
SR1 3SD Sunderland
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1915152470
E-mail: tenders@sunderland.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1915152035

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Other: University

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Construction consultants – M&E consulting engineers and project managers.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: University of Sunderland.
NUTS code UKC23

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 6
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 3

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The University seeks to develop framework agreements for the following consultancy services, to work with construction companies (major and minor works) architectural, QS, structural, CDM coordinators and access consultants appointed under existing framework agreements, which will expire October 2013.
I. Project management;
II. M&E engineering consultants.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71310000, 71312000, 71313000, 71315000, 71315200, 71330000, 71333000, 71334000, 71242000, 71244000, 71247000, 71248000, 71311000, 71318000, 71322000, 71520000, 71530000, 71541000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

The framework agreements will cover a range of projects from minor internal refurbishment to major refurbishment or new build project all of varying values. Joint ventures maybe available futuristically dependant on funding.

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: M&E engineering consultants

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71310000, 71315200, 71333000, 71334000, 71313000, 71242000, 71244000, 71247000, 71248000, 71311000, 71315000, 71318000, 71322000, 71520000, 71541000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

An option to extend for an additional 12 months maybe selected dependant on performance.

Lot No: 2 Lot title: Project Managers

1)Short description

The University seeks to develop framework agreements for the following consultancy services, to work with construction companies (Major and minor works) architectural, QS, structural, CDM coordinators and access consultants appointed under existing framework agreements, which will expire October 2013.
I. Project management.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71310000, 71315200, 71333000, 71334000, 71313000, 71242000, 71244000, 71247000, 71248000, 71311000, 71315000, 71318000, 71322000, 71520000, 71530000, 71541000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

An option to extend for an additional 12 months maybe selected dependant on performance.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Group or Consortia bidders must be jointly and severably liable.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Bidders should note that the client is not obliged to accept any tender submitted by any party in response or pursuant to the invitation to tender and the client has the right to cancel the project at any stage.

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Further information will be requested in the form of a pre-qualification questionnaire.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Further information will be requested in the form of a pre-qualification questionnaire.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Further information will be requested in the form of a pre-qualification questionnaire.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 10

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

UofS/Project Managers and M&E Consultants/0312

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 11.4.2012
Payable documents: yes
Price: 50 GBP
Terms and method of payment: A 50 GBP fee is payable.
Please send a request to participate to: tenders@sunderland.ac.uk and a link will be provider in order to make payment.

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

11.4.2012

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Maureen Casey University of Sunderland
2nd Floor Edinburgh Building Chester Road
SR1 3SD Sunderland
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: tenders@sunderland.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1915152470

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:13.3.2012